Wardrobe-bedstead



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' W; D.- SNYDER.

WARDROBE BEDST EADr No. 293.808. PatentedI'eb. 19, 1884'.

WITNESSES;

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WILLIAM J). SNYDER, or COLUMBIA CITY, INDIANA.

WARD ROBE-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,808, dated February19, 1884,

Application filed August 4, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. SNYDER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbia City, in thecounty of Whitley 5 and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in W'ardrobe- Bedsteads; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved folding bedstead, showingit open and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a detail view, on an enlargedscale, of the folding sides, with their automatic latches orspring-catches for look ing the sides in their extended position. Fig. 3is a perspective view, showing the bed partly folded-11 with the twosections doubled upon one another; and Fig. 4, is a vertical cross--section of the bed folded as it appears when not in use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to folding'beds of that class commonly knownas cabinet-bedste'ads, and it consists in the detailed construction andcombination of parts of the same, as hereinaftermorefullydescribedandclaimed. In the accompanying drawings, Ais thebase, and Bthe upright back piece, of my improved cabinet-bedstead.

C and D are the folding sides, which are connected' by hinges c andprovided with springactuated hooks or catches E, adapted to en gage andinterlock with staples or keepers e, when the sides 0 and D areextendedin a line with one another. The sides B of the case A B areprovided with toothed cleats F, which engage. and form a support .fortoothed segments G, fixed on the inner ends of the side pieces 0. Thusit will be seen that the folding bed part 0 D has no fixed fulcrum, buthas a movable or traveling fulcrum upon the supporting-cleats orrack-bars F, so that in opening or unfolding the bed the parts 0 D willmove a certain distance out from the back 50 B of the casing, whichwould, of course, not

be the case if part 0 swung upon a fixed fulits base or bottom A. Itfollows that in opening or extending the parts or bedsections O and D,during which operation, as we have seen, said parts travel out from thestationary back B, on account of the movable fulcrum, the woven-wiremattress H will be drawn taut and trim, so as to avoid sagging betweenthe foot-board D and back or head board, B, and the bed, in an openposition, will be longer than the length of the two sections 0 and D, onaccount of the increased distance from the foot end D to K at the headend B.

In order to fold or double the bed-sections C and'D upon each other, itis necessary, first, to disengage the spring-hooks E from their staplese, when the parts can be readily folded into the position shown in Fig.3, and then again folded into the case B, as shown, in closed position,Fig. 4. V

I am aware that folding bedsteads or cabinet bedsteads have beenconstructed before with sides hinged together and adapted to be doubledupon one another, and provided with a flexible bottom adapted to befolded or doubled with the sides, and with a movable fulcrum at thepoint where the sides are attached to the stationary casing.

I am also aware that in folding bedsteads of that class the foldingbed-bottom has been pro vided with springs at one or both ends, which,being extended in unfolding the bed-sections, operate to give to theflexible bottom its proper tension, so as to hold it taut and trim but Ido not claim either of these'constructions or arrangements. It will beseen that the flexible bottom of my bedstead requires no springs to holdittaut and prevent sagging when the bed is unfolded or extended, becausethe folding sections, in opening out the bed, will travel such adistance outwardly from the fixed back B as to take up all slack anddraw the flexible 100 ening's E e, and the flexible bed-bottom fixed atone end in the foot-board, and attached at the other end to the fixedback of the stationary frame or casing, as and for the purpose shown andset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my own I have hereunto aflixedmy signature 2 in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM D. SNYDER.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY SNYDER, M. \V. lWASON.

